PDF Properties
Using a custom set of XML tags inside your HTML, you can insert both custom metadata as well as instructions for how the PDF would be viewed in a PDF viewer application (subject of course to that application supporting those features).
Options
You use the (optional) tag <pdfproperties> and within that tag you
can insert <metainfo> and <pdfpreferences>
sections as shown in the instructions below. Within the
<metainfo> tag, you can add <prop> tags
with @name, @value attribute pairs with the data you wish
to store in the PDF metadata. Anything without one of the recognized, standard PDF
names (author, title, subject,
creator, keywords) are stored in custom metadata in
the PDF.
The <pdfpreferences> section allows you to insert one or more
<pref> tags with specific @name,
@value pairs that control the way the resulting PDF is displayed
with a viewer that supports standard PDF view attributes. The support
name, @value pairs are listed below and grouped into
all the available categories:
General PDF Options
These options let you control some general information about the generated PDF.
bookmarks - sets whether PDF bookmarks are generated or not. The default
is "false" for Cloudformatter. You can set @value to "true" if you want
bookmarks in PDF. Note that bookmarks are only generated for interpreted
hierarchical information. All h1 elements and there following
h2 elements and so on. Skipping levels will break the sequence and
the bookmarks will not be correct.
pdf-version - sets the PDF version number. The default is version 1.5
for Cloudformatter but you set @value to values like "1.3", "1.4",
"1.6" or "1.7" if you wish to change the version. Be aware thar some other features
could be disabled by setting the version too low.
compress - sets whether the PDF is compressed or not. The default is
"true" for Cloudformatter. You can set @value to "false" if you want
uncompressed PDF.
linearize - sets whether the PDF is linearized or not. The default is
"false" for Cloudformatter. You can set @value to "true" if you want to
optimize a long PDF for web view.
PDF View Options
These options let you control how the PDF when opened appears to the end user.
view-mode - Choose from one of the following:
auto- If there are bookmarks in the document, the bookmarks pane is displayed. Otherwise, all auxiliary panes are hidden.show-none- All auxiliary panes are hidden.show-bookmarks- The bookmarks pane is displayed.show-thumbnails- The thumbnails pane is displayed.full-screen- The document is displayed in full screen-mode.
initial-zoom - Choose from one of the following:
auto- Page scaling is not specified.fit- The page is scaled to fit completely into the view port.fit-width- The page is scaled so that its width matches the width of the view port.fit-height- The page is scaled so that its height matches the height of the view port.###or####%- The page is scaled by the number or percentage specified.
page-layout - Choose from one of the following:
auto- Uses settings of viewer application.single-page- Displays one page at a time.continuous- Displays pages continuously in one column.two-columns-left- Displays pages continuously in two columns, with odd-numbered pages to the left.two-columns-right- Displays pages continuously in two columns, with odd-numbered pages to the right.two-pages-left- Displays pages in two columns, by two pages at a time, with odd-numbered pages to the left.two-pages-right- Displays pages in two columns, by two pages at a time, with odd-numbered pages to the right.
viewer-preferences - A comma separated list of the following
possibilities:
hide-toolbar- Hides the viewer application's tool bars when the document is active.hide-menubar- Hides the viewer application's menu bar when the document is active.hide-window-ui- Hides user interface elements in the document's window (such as scroll bars and navigation controls), leaving only the document's contents displayed.fit-window- Resizes the document's window to fit the size of the first displayed page.center-window- Positions the document's window in the center of the screen.display-document-title- Controls whether the window's title bar displays the document title taken from the "title" metadata field.
PDF Security
These options allow you to specify owner and user security in the PDF output. User-level security can inject a password to be used to open the PDF, while owner-level security can control what can be done with the PDF (like printing it or copying the data from it).
userpassword - Sets the user password that must be entered to view the
PDF. There are no options, the @value passed is the password to be
used.
ownerpassword - Sets the owner password that must be entered to enable
advanced processing of the PDF. There are no options, the @value passed
is the password to be used. An ownerpassword is used to lock down certain privledges
that an owner will grant to a recipient of the PDF. Without the owner password,
recipients can be restricted from certain things. By default they are restricted
from everything, and you can then specify what additional things you allow by using
userpriviledges.
userpriviledges - A comma separated list of the following
possibilities:
print- Enables printing the document.modify- Enables editing the document.copy- Enables copying text and images from the document to the clipboard.annotate- Enables adding notations to the document and changing the field values.
PDF Pre-Press Options
These allow you to specify crop marks, bleeds and registration marks to be applied to the PDF.
crop-offset - specify offsets from the meaningful content on the page to
the edges of the physical media (/MediaBox entry in the PDF page dictionary). Its
value is a series of 1 to 4 length specifiers that set offsets from the edges of the
page area to the corresponding edges of the /MediaBox. Rules for expanding the value
are the same as for the padding property in CSS.
bleed - specify the bleeds — an extra space around the page area into
which the contents of the page may protrude (/BleedBox entry in the PDF page
dictionary). Its value is a series of 1 to 4 length specifiers that set offsets from
the edges of the page area to the corresponding edges of the /BleedBox. Rules for
expanding the value are the same as for the padding property in CSS.
crop-mark-width - defines line width for the crop marks, setting it to 0
disables drawing of crop marks.
bleed-mark-width - defines line width for the bleed marks, setting it to
0 disables drawing of bleed marks.
printer-mark - specify additional SVG images to be drawn in the offset
area surrounding the page (specified by crop-offset and bleed parameters). Printer
marks are clipped to the outside of the bleed rectangle. The @value is
a URL to an SVG you have. This sample has two URLs (one for a colorbar and one for a
registration mark) you can also use if you like.
The following code is what is behind this page for producing the PDF. Of course, you would only see the things supported by your PDF viewer you use. If you wish to see them all in action, then use "download" and Adobe Reader to view the PDF.
Recent changes in some browsers will not treat this XML as XML. Instead it tries (incorrectly) to not close tags. For best results, be sure to use open and close tags and not a self-closing tag.
<pdfproperties style="display:none;">
<metainfo>
<prop name="author" value="Xportability LLC"></prop>
<prop name="title"
value="Xportability Cloudformatter: Showing Custom
PDF Properties"></prop>
<prop name="subject" value="A Cloudformatter Document"></prop>
<prop name="creator" value="css2pdf@cloudformatter.com"></prop>
<prop name="keywords" value="CSS, PDF, Cloudformatter"></prop>
<prop name="custom1" value="value1"></prop>
<prop name="custom2" value="value2"></prop>
<prop name="custom3" value="value3"></prop>
<prop name="custom4" value="value4"></prop>
</metainfo>
<pdfpreferences>
<pref name="bookmarks" value="true"></pref>
<pref name="pdf-version" value="1.6"></pref>
<pref name="view-mode" value="auto"></pref>
<pref name="initial-zoom" value="fit-height"></pref>
<pref name="page-layout" value="two-columns-left"></pref>
<pref name="viewer-preferences" value="display-document-title"></pref>
<pref name="crop-offset" value="0.5in"></pref>
<pref name="crop-mark-width" value="1px"></pref>
<pref name="printer-mark"
value="http://www.cloudformatter.com/Resources/Images/registration.svg"></pref>
<pref name="printer-mark"
value="http://www.cloudformatter.com/Resources/Images/colorbar.svg"></pref>
</pdfpreferences>
</pdfproperties>
Sample Output H2
Lorem tempor iriure invidunt stet autem esse voluptua clita facer dolor lorem rebum voluptua hendrerit vulputate sed magna. Sanctus sit duo vulputate dolore sea. Consequat sea et dolores eirmod ea quis erat facilisi. Justo clita feugiat dolor sadipscing. Duo magna et ut vero nonumy enim dolor lorem dolores ipsum nulla dolor zzril praesent. Sed sit stet amet aliquam amet nobis magna exerci labore wisi dolor odio magna duo. Stet ea duis rebum feugait vero veniam adipiscing sanctus ut amet aliquam. Et kasd elitr amet sanctus labore ea dolores dolor molestie placerat et sed amet diam assum justo vel et. Vel ea tempor amet justo.
Ut ea nobis elit amet erat. At vero ut. Ea tempor amet diam et tincidunt sea ut illum kasd labore sadipscing sadipscing. Sed accusam et consequat vero elitr facilisis justo clita molestie ut rebum nonumy facilisi elitr accusam et et. Lobortis justo et praesent tation. Sed elitr diam dolor sadipscing adipiscing ullamcorper no illum in no tempor nonumy. Duis takimata sit voluptua adipiscing diam qui velit labore molestie stet sed et dolore.
Sample Output H3
No lorem at tempor enim amet lorem et justo dolor ipsum est et lorem labore. Magna ea stet nihil et in duo et aliquyam magna eros tation diam dolor. Vero est lorem labore est nibh molestie et ipsum vero minim accumsan vel nonumy. Dolores dolore sit imperdiet gubergren sed justo gubergren at enim invidunt lorem diam diam. Aliquam diam dolores dolore eos sit justo rebum erat vulputate minim amet lorem justo.
Lorem aliquyam ex tation invidunt consetetur veniam sed duo sanctus amet stet dolor justo eirmod magna aliquyam. Lorem assum sea accusam et ipsum ipsum accusam nonumy sanctus gubergren. Ipsum diam et ut et quis diam sit justo stet dolore elitr hendrerit. Sanctus takimata ipsum gubergren commodo magna et et et. Sadipscing amet rebum ipsum no ipsum et. Sea placerat soluta ut dolor justo ipsum consequat at vel. Te lorem ea imperdiet ipsum sadipscing sed vero erat justo dolor. Erat at sea laoreet praesent sit esse elitr et sed sed et sit. Eleifend no et takimata est vero invidunt nonumy eos et erat dolore amet sadipscing dolores facilisis sadipscing gubergren sanctus.
Sample Output H4
Lorem dignissim enim et sit cum odio aliquyam ipsum voluptua ad. Ea ut dolore sed eos labore sed consetetur eos sit feugiat. Aliquyam imperdiet consetetur eum accusam ea iriure kasd nonumy nonummy dolor. Ea tempor est diam minim amet et sanctus magna at ipsum invidunt dolor. Accusam amet erat duo. Magna sea accusam sed iusto accumsan dolor. Est dolore aliquyam facilisi eirmod. Diam stet velit erat ut dolor eos magna dolore stet est consetetur eros sea aliquam. Nulla illum iusto voluptua et clita iriure ipsum amet minim ipsum dolore ea at elitr velit delenit. Takimata eirmod cum.
Lorem sadipscing lorem vulputate takimata dolor eu et diam dolores clita magna takimata sit stet. Dolores sit eirmod augue diam consetetur elitr et dolore accusam sit nihil autem sit nulla nulla feugait nonumy. Dolore sanctus sanctus eirmod dolor. Amet ea sed. Justo ut vel soluta. Nulla ut et at. No dolor consectetuer erat invidunt et dolore ut tempor consequat accusam gubergren ex et aliquyam. Clita stet vero in facilisis aliquyam consetetur stet takimata invidunt dolor amet velit clita. Sadipscing dolor accusam. Magna sadipscing tempor sit. Nonumy dolore duis clita aliquip.
Sample Output H4
Ea laoreet delenit duis sadipscing placerat congue voluptua aliquyam sea. Vulputate amet erat tempor facilisis at kasd sed tincidunt. Voluptua lorem tempor duo veniam kasd dolor consetetur. Magna dolore consetetur est dolores dolor no ea eu dignissim sit amet diam eos suscipit erat sit nobis. Diam erat sit eos volutpat duo eros eos nonummy euismod zzril adipiscing no amet clita exerci nonumy. Erat stet rebum tempor no aliquyam nulla nonumy lorem et. Dolor magna ullamcorper. Assum sea ea magna ut elitr tempor sed justo duis et dolores. Consetetur facilisis et dolore aliquam at eos sit dignissim eu minim et commodo nonummy amet sed consequat magna.
Est accusam sadipscing delenit feugiat ea lorem gubergren eos sit lorem tempor stet aliquip amet eos et enim. Sanctus molestie velit et. Dolor no no dolore eirmod vel possim aliquam hendrerit diam labore laoreet lorem invidunt. Aliquip accusam feugiat minim sadipscing. Euismod gubergren consetetur ipsum nibh kasd. Tempor placerat accusam. Tation et nostrud erat sanctus facilisis eos nulla takimata lorem rebum invidunt ut in. Magna minim elitr ut sanctus no nostrud adipiscing sit amet ea gubergren elit.
Sample Output H3
Kasd sit tincidunt ex et accusam mazim clita option ad. Takimata velit elitr kasd vero no consetetur nonumy zzril dolore consetetur tation ea sed ipsum. Sit tempor sed kasd sadipscing nonumy ea eirmod no elit dolores et. Magna nisl tincidunt. Autem dolor eos diam ut voluptua sanctus amet sed accusam. Stet dolore no dolor duo dolor et sea sea dolore lorem justo dolores lorem magna. Sadipscing diam et voluptua et dolore dolores enim nonumy at et. Clita duo dolores et sit et amet amet accusam molestie nulla ea dolore sit ipsum elitr dolores et sanctus.
Eos autem clita ut iriure accusam ut dolor no sea elitr ipsum sed dolor. Magna erat sit dolor ipsum aliquyam elitr ut facilisis sed nostrud erat et dolor duo voluptua justo no. Augue qui lorem ut ullamcorper duis ea sadipscing. Eu ut amet eos et sed diam eirmod dolore ipsum velit diam sed at labore sed duo duis dolor. At invidunt eos.
Sample Output H4
Dolore est diam at no facilisi lorem tempor aliquyam amet. Sit facer lorem lorem volutpat sit diam ipsum eos facer dolor facilisis et voluptua eirmod erat. Sadipscing invidunt quod. Aliquyam nonummy labore takimata lorem ullamcorper sit et ipsum ipsum. Magna invidunt dolore doming consetetur ipsum aliquip erat sit quod at eos elitr eros sed in. In et amet sadipscing. Erat et stet ut dolor volutpat est eirmod kasd at lorem. Congue labore invidunt elitr labore rebum te nulla duis lorem suscipit lobortis elitr magna in. Diam eos elitr sea ut sed eirmod et amet ut sit et takimata nulla sanctus kasd. Clita clita takimata dolores labore no eros nisl justo et aliquam.
Augue dolores vulputate dolor clita elitr praesent facilisis aliquyam et qui. Sed iriure rebum eros amet est iusto diam dolor aliquyam justo est ipsum sadipscing. Zzril vero dolore iusto iriure feugait takimata nibh labore sadipscing est. Justo congue vero commodo sadipscing molestie sadipscing velit et. Voluptua wisi duo. Lorem euismod et. Lorem amet justo dolor. Est nulla erat eos autem labore ea zzril labore consetetur elitr accusam sed diam nihil voluptua enim. Eirmod magna ea congue rebum ipsum nonummy feugait ea et ea eos sanctus veniam accusam stet qui.
Sample Output H4
Rebum amet velit gubergren et. Velit amet duis et ipsum invidunt et erat diam ea et. Et minim diam sanctus vero et aliquip et quis nonumy aliquyam. Labore elitr nibh magna duo ea dolor ipsum stet tempor at nonummy duo. Sit vel rebum tempor ea eum nonumy kasd sed eos velit dolore accusam. Vel invidunt sit vel enim stet et takimata. Diam duo voluptua stet ut magna assum in lorem gubergren justo odio gubergren dolore. Ut dolor te et no lorem enim et sadipscing eos justo invidunt tempor nulla rebum. Luptatum amet et at. Diam amet ipsum nulla nulla et consequat kasd ipsum sea vulputate ipsum. Clita sit dignissim duo eros sed in.
Diam duis erat ut dolore invidunt nonumy tempor tation. Sea et labore. Accusam nulla lorem est sed est sed. Dolore eos no magna dolor ipsum et dolor at lorem dolore dolor quod est sit sanctus. Ea et ea kasd eum sit diam consetetur nonummy delenit tation accusam et feugiat et facilisis at dolores minim. Ut ut invidunt eirmod sadipscing justo tincidunt eirmod vero gubergren et sanctus illum lorem stet et sed. Sea velit erat lorem. Esse facilisi eos est wisi sit ea dolore eirmod et clita amet feugiat invidunt voluptua.
More Sample Output H2
Lorem dolor amet dolores autem qui lorem vel ea amet et. Feugiat aliquyam in luptatum. Kasd amet kasd rebum no et. Gubergren sed invidunt erat ipsum ea diam. Gubergren labore eirmod luptatum erat voluptua sanctus ipsum diam assum et dolor ipsum.
Diam diam illum sanctus ipsum vel clita accumsan amet. Sit sanctus justo et dolore diam labore sit et magna. Magna sed consetetur ipsum no nihil labore amet sadipscing accusam. Blandit et sit duo et. Dolor nonumy ipsum gubergren lorem duo et et tempor justo consetetur sanctus. Sit et gubergren ut no sea nonumy.
Sample Output H3
Dolor sed consequat sit sed nonumy sanctus qui tempor labore veniam. Sea diam et labore vero. Kasd sed et at nonumy nonumy amet invidunt dolore accumsan labore tempor takimata ea lorem amet sed et diam. Diam amet eu invidunt magna dolor stet rebum consetetur est voluptua ut magna sit diam magna sed diam nonumy. Ut sed sea feugiat et sit tempor dolor vel elitr ut rebum amet accumsan et dolores rebum tempor. Erat voluptua invidunt sadipscing exerci ipsum congue vulputate diam. Justo at aliquam rebum iusto justo ipsum tempor sit dolores magna esse. Amet ut lorem stet dolore placerat ipsum kasd consectetuer est ut at et erat lorem ea. Accusam feugiat vulputate tincidunt rebum commodo. Duo ea vulputate sanctus veniam rebum accusam nulla in sadipscing ut sed sed vel luptatum amet. Diam wisi accusam sit vel facer qui.
Ut erat et ipsum ut dolore. Eos nostrud duo sit et rebum est et kasd. Nonumy consectetuer takimata eos ea. Erat te duo rebum illum ut elit quod accusam takimata vero erat at et iriure diam. Elitr justo sea augue ipsum duo stet dolor.
Sample Output H4
Labore sit tempor elitr dolore tempor sanctus consetetur justo diam et eirmod accusam erat sadipscing aliquyam tempor possim sadipscing. Aliquip sanctus ut rebum dolore et takimata quis magna tincidunt accusam duo consetetur dolores rebum sadipscing labore. Sadipscing sed et et dolor ea kasd accusam nihil sed eirmod sit autem elitr et. Lorem erat et et facilisis consetetur no ad sit facilisis dolor lorem diam velit et dolores sit eos consequat. Et est dolore et lorem stet voluptua erat et erat aliquyam erat dolor dolore. Ut kasd clita eirmod ipsum eum. Tempor kasd dolor takimata tempor sea clita labore est euismod consetetur duo dolore sadipscing. Iriure justo rebum duo molestie elitr et eleifend et takimata nonummy dolor aliquyam accusam labore et. Aliquam dolor justo esse placerat dolor invidunt duo dolores. In laoreet invidunt erat nibh sea.
Euismod at minim stet et magna nonumy vero labore feugiat sanctus eu magna eirmod elitr no magna. At facilisis est et diam sit praesent facilisi elitr. Tempor duis est amet no takimata eos iriure labore quis stet ut feugiat duo dolor laoreet clita ut dolor. No sanctus lorem ipsum et ipsum sit nisl dolor delenit delenit amet. Amet ipsum ut nulla clita elitr at autem duis nonumy esse rebum nulla ipsum invidunt. Eos nonumy vel odio invidunt autem dolore ad diam amet kasd clita et id eirmod sit.
Sample Output H4
Sed duis voluptua sit sit diam sed lobortis wisi autem feugiat nisl vero amet no. Quod nibh dolore et nulla aliquip lobortis elitr eirmod amet magna delenit. Nonumy sed nulla. Diam et voluptua dolor sed eirmod ut euismod stet dolor. Invidunt molestie accusam iriure ipsum dolor dolor kasd rebum dolor. Te amet ut sea ut delenit.
Tempor cum consequat sed amet sed invidunt esse. In autem amet no labore lorem takimata molestie sed velit kasd vel tempor aliquyam sadipscing. Rebum gubergren diam stet et tempor sed ea suscipit vero ipsum eirmod sit iusto. Dolores dolores molestie sed diam dolor wisi autem aliquyam diam elitr sanctus erat ipsum erat sanctus. Sadipscing dolore dignissim et no dolore sed commodo est option sea. Sit sea esse takimata tempor dolor eum consequat nisl accumsan sit ipsum dolore magna ut. Ea clita sed nulla duo consequat hendrerit lorem dolor rebum sed rebum no vulputate dolore dolor et invidunt eirmod. Lorem ea voluptua sea gubergren in dolores tempor delenit accusam invidunt sed ipsum amet dolor iriure. Amet diam duo diam justo est et.
Sample Output H3
Tincidunt dolore facilisi erat voluptua dolor luptatum et ut duo tempor accusam gubergren. Nulla invidunt magna magna diam clita sed no iusto sea et sed aliquyam ea et. Kasd et est et dolores labore elit justo nulla sea erat vel. Sit sanctus luptatum sanctus consetetur eirmod sit nibh vero autem gubergren. Et nonumy gubergren erat duo praesent praesent lorem lorem. Eu amet sed sit iriure lorem aliquyam blandit assum dolore sadipscing enim consequat ipsum duo. Volutpat diam et accumsan invidunt diam kasd rebum vel dolore dolor sanctus sed sed augue ut. Imperdiet eos et kasd ipsum diam sed at.
Erat sed sed mazim. Erat nobis sit dolore labore aliquyam nonumy ut magna et consetetur accusam nulla lorem sanctus. Velit sed clita at erat duo vero. Amet sanctus duo nibh accusam dolore dolore tempor. Dolore sea sit consetetur nonumy amet euismod elitr dolor sea sit iusto nonumy sit elitr blandit erat. Labore erat duo dolor elit diam sadipscing diam. Eum quod vel facilisi kasd sea diam. Accusam sed duo imperdiet possim lobortis dolores sed sea nonummy amet. Suscipit elitr kasd at accusam eu labore vel magna.
Sample Output H4
Ut amet nonumy iriure autem dolor cum congue lorem lorem vero est diam kasd ea eu dolores aliquip at. Enim gubergren erat elitr esse consequat at invidunt tempor eos sadipscing delenit. Vel et consequat option et et quis laoreet erat ut magna magna accusam accusam et elitr duis. Magna takimata et ut quis lorem autem elitr eirmod et duo vero et sanctus gubergren aliquyam. Sed vel duo at dolore consectetuer sit dolor no ea. Dolore stet gubergren gubergren at vulputate clita iusto ipsum gubergren vulputate in et praesent et sit lorem.
Sea et et at sanctus et sed hendrerit et sadipscing at. Dolor diam iusto sadipscing et duo no consequat. Id eirmod et suscipit erat sed ut sea dolore vel. Velit aliquyam sanctus diam sed tempor est cum augue dolor. Ipsum dolor sit hendrerit. Erat takimata amet esse sit illum. Eos et consetetur. Dolor dolore amet. Accusam imperdiet gubergren erat. Wisi feugiat duo dolore sed eos eos assum minim accumsan vero no et eos.
Sample Output H4
Exerci et lorem dolor tempor sea sea magna duo. Et justo stet facilisi. Diam duo labore invidunt luptatum. Duo tation eos dolore eos consequat elitr et kasd invidunt gubergren et dolores nostrud amet euismod voluptua. At aliquam tempor ea voluptua nisl iusto at sea et diam. Lorem eirmod accumsan kasd. Eos magna sed et elitr vel facilisis sanctus praesent. Duis clita amet dignissim takimata at illum consetetur sadipscing accusam ipsum. Eirmod eirmod ipsum mazim et gubergren accusam tempor eos dolores vero justo. Amet dolores ut praesent eirmod euismod feugait sadipscing vero voluptua quis stet.
Et vel vero nonummy sed dolor gubergren elitr stet ut wisi ea et ut zzril sanctus erat tempor voluptua. Stet feugait ex eros est ad feugiat nonumy rebum stet ipsum aliquyam sit diam est aliquam iriure. Ut doming duo dolor erat illum lorem eos. Exerci at justo sit in clita sadipscing sea sed dolore sit diam diam rebum tempor nihil sea dolore. Ea erat stet elitr diam facilisis lorem amet voluptua gubergren erat eu diam dolore sea. Amet dolor et. Gubergren sea dolore consequat lorem dolor sit accumsan consectetuer aliquyam. Diam amet iriure no sea sit ut sed possim. Et duo ipsum veniam labore vero takimata in amet voluptua dolor mazim in erat.